Pentagon isn’t just about defense; there’s food, too

In the middle of the Pentagon is a large, pleasant, five-sided courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard is a small building.

As you might expect, the Soviet Union used to have a satellite that kept a watchful, unblinking eye on the Pentagon, the courtyard and especially that building in the middle of the courtyard.

The Soviets called it “Ground Zero” because of all the people that would come and go. Any place with that much foot traffic in the middle of the Pentagon had to be of tremendous strategic significance, they reasoned.

It was a hot dog stand. Hungry Pentagon employees would go to it all the time.

I recently had the privilege to tour the Pentagon, which some of its inhabitants refer to as the Five-Sided Wonder Palace. It’s massive, of course — it used to be the largest office